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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-approved-countries-and-territories-and-saving-provision-order-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/401",
  "legislation_title": "The Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-approved-countries-and-territories-and-saving-provision-order-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Gender Recognition\nMade 19th March 2024\nComing into force 9th April 2024\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(4) and 24(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.\nIn accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland.\nIn accordance with section 24(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/401/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}